The Fly

General information

Lyricist is William Blake.

Settings by composers

• Huub de Lange SATB
• Ty Kroll SATB

Text and translations

English text 1  Little Fly, Thy summer's play My thoughtless hand Has brush'd away. 2  Am not I A fly like thee? Or art not thou A man like me? 3  For I dance And drink & sing: Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing;

4  If thought is life And strength & breath And the want Of thought is death. 5  Then am I A happy fly, If I live, Or if I die.